my friends dad had a new series back in the early to mid s cost him about the same as this m i think not sure either way it was expensive after years the transmission died the repair cost was somewhere in the range of k friends dad absolutely refused to pay it due to the fact that he bought an expensive bmw whom has a reputation that he was banking on based off of that he believed bmw should stand behind their craftsmanship and replace his tranny free of charge or hed find a higher quality company to give his money to they replaced his transmission and he has since bought two more series